Religion Quotes · Page 379

Mindfulness is both a state of being and a daily spiritual practice, a form of meditation.

— David Richo

“How could any woman endure a life of misery with such a cheap promise of appreciation after her death?”

— Carolyn Jessop

I paint not by sight but by faith. Faith gives you sight.

— Amos Ferguson

“To read well, that is, to read true books in a true spirit, is a noble exercise...”

— Henry David Thoreau

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington

It can be demonstrated that in any society there is a distribution of religious tastes and concerns.

— Rodney Stark

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

— Francis of Assisi

I cannot imagine any boy of spirit who would not be delighted to play a drunkard even to vomiting in front of…

— Robertson Davies

Your relationship with God is more important than anything because you know for sure that's a relationship that will last forever.

— Anonymous

To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful and to want what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of…

— Johann Gottfried Herder

“Promise me you'll stay and I promise to haunt you in the most heavenly way - with dark devotion and deep emotion.”

— Melody Lee

“Sex is like an atom bomb. A potent weapon which fascinates and frightens. We're afraid to let it loose, yet we all…

— Zeena Schreck

For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced…

— Arthur Peacocke

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes…

— Martin Luther

We communicate like the burrows of foxes, in silence and darkness, under ground. We are undermined by faith and love.

— Henry David Thoreau

We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for…

— William Barclay

“How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of…

— Tertullian

“There seems to me a thousand occasions when my soul knows more than it can tell, and a has a spirit of…

— Anonymous

At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative…

— Gary Hamel

“Whenever pastors assume people in their congregation know certain things, they miss opportunities to teach. If a pastor makes assumptions year after…

— Andy Stanley

And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty…

— James Madison

It is a fact of history and of current events that human beings exaggerate, misinterpret, or wrongly remember events. They have also…

— Dan Barker

Many of our attempts to understand Christian faith have only cheapened it. I can no more understand the totality of God than…

— Donald Miller

Finding the balance between body, mind and spirit is a great achievement.

— Rickson Gracie

Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.

— Wislawa Szymborska

Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier

— Thomas S. Monson

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

— Anonymous

Faith is not opposed to the mind. Its superior to the mind which is why the renewed mind enhances faith.

— Bill Johnson

The biggest awakening is the awakening from the childish deceptions and the invented tales of the religion.

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense.

— Rick Warren

“Often the truth is in front of your face, but your eyes and heart are so full of lies that you can't…

— Shannon L. Alder

“I used to be a Christian, but I decided to follow the teachings of Jesus instead.”

— Joni Rodgers

“The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.”

— Abigail Van Buren

“Why do men bother with churches at all when instead they might make cathedrals out of sky and water?”

— Hannah Kent

The religions are delusional constructs formed around an infallible core.

— Frederick Franck

I give it up to women who have the power to keep their spirit alive under very difficult circumstances.

— Emily Saliers

The way you lose the gospel is not by denying it, but by assuming it.

— D. A. Carson

God loves everyone, but probably prefers 'fruits of the spirit' over 'religious nuts!'

— Anonymous

Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything.

— Oswald Chambers